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Lorry driver jailed for hiding cocaine in HGV carrying Kim Kardashian underwear

Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years for concealing 90kg of the drug, worth £7m, alongside a legitimate load of Skims underwear.

Evening Standard

National Crime Agency reports a sharp 55% rise in people smuggling arrests

National Crime Agency involved in 300 people smuggling-related arrests 2025/6

The Independent UK

Who Is Simon Dutton? One of Britain's 'Most Wanted' Arrested in Spain Over Major Cocaine Plot

Simon Dutton, a fugitive linked to a major cocaine network, was arrested in Spain, marking a significant victory for UK and Spanish law enforcement.

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Man arrested after four die trying to cross Channel in small boat

Two men and two women were swept away by currents while attempting to board dinghy off French coast

The Guardian - UK

From Prisoner to Puppet Master: Killer Orchestrated Jail Scheme for Drug Gangs

A convicted murderer serving life sentences orchestrated a scheme from prison to help drug traffickers escape justice, exposing vulnerabilities in the UK legal system.

International Business Times UK

Mother Caught With 14kg Cocaine at Airport, Son Found to Be 'Mastermind'

Mother caught with 14kg of cocaine at Manchester Airport jailed alongside her son, who investigators say masterminded the £294,000 drug smuggling plot.

International Business Times UK

Taxi drivers smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from UK to France

‘Top boss’ Madjid Belabes, 54, made nearly £290,000 running cross-Channel migrant gang

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People smugglers who ran 'VIP yacht service' for migrants to cross channel jailed

Two Ukrainian men who operated the 'VIP' yacht service to smuggle migrants across the English Channel have been jailed

Evening Standard

Police probe into Epstein files now involves eight UK forces as National Crime Agency gets involved

The National Crime Agency is supporting a UK-wide group including the Metropolitan, Surrey, Thames Valley, Bedfordshire, Wiltshire, Essex and Norfolk constabularies

Evening Standard

Police arresting 1,000 paedophile suspects in UK every month as online child abuse reaches critical level

National Crime Agency says the ‘threat is getting worse’

The Independent UK

Early review finds mistakes in grooming gang investigations

Thousands of cases are set to be assessed as part of Operation Beaconport

The Independent UK

Two charged after semi-automatic pistol, drugs and £30,000 found in affluent village outside London

Armed National Crime Agency officers intercept VW Golf in ‘fast-paced operation’

Evening Standard

UK policing watchdog finds National Crime Agency heavily reliant on weak legacy systems

An independent audit reveals unfit for purpose tech in the NCA.

TechRadar

London woman, 49, arrested over supply of boats to cross-Channel people smugglers

Lydia Bloomfield, of the National Crime Agency, said: ‘We are determined to target, disrupt and dismantle the gangs’

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The Independent UK

Yvette Cooper pours extra £100m into efforts to smash people-smuggling gangs

The funding will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs

Evening Standard

Chinese national accused of money laundering forfeits £16.7m and seven London flats

Shijie Song denied engaging in any wrongdoing, the National Crime Agency said

The Guardian - UK

National Crime Agency officer jailed for stealing £4.4m worth of seized bitcoin

Paul Chowles, 42, stole the proceeds of an online illegal drugs market and laundered the money on the dark web

The Independent UK

Former National Crime Agency officer stole bitcoin from dark web drug dealer

The former intelligence officer stole 50 Bitcoin before sending it to a cryptocurrency ‘mixing’ service

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Evening Standard

Inside London raids targeting ‘people smuggling gang' as four arrested

Met Police, Home Office and NCA storm homes and cafes believed to be used by smuggling gang who advertised illegal crossings to the UK on social media

The Independent UK

Four arrested after dawn raids targeting suspected people smugglers

The group are accused of advertising illegal lorry crossings from France on social media and moving migrants from HGV stops in Kent to London.

Evening Standard

East London 'master forgers' who made £1 million supplying fake IDs to criminals jailed for six years

Bilal Iqbal and Ummad Ahmed sold more than 40,000 fake documents over an eight-year period

Evening Standard

Former civil servant, 25, denies lying about being GCHQ intelligence analyst

Ifthikhar Alam is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.

Evening Standard

Supermarket worker caught trying to smuggle £1m cash in suitcases out of Heathrow Airport

Mazen Al Shaar, 48, was about to fly to Beirut when intercepted by Border Force officers

Evening Standard

Teenage boys are targeting girls online for sexual abuse and violence, warns National Crime Agency

Reports have surged in the last three years of gangs of boys sharing extreme violence pictures and misogynistic online

The Independent UK

Threat from teenage boys in ‘sadistic’ online groups surges sixfold, National Crime Agency warns

Intelligence shows a rise in ‘com networks’ used by ‘young men who are motivated by status, power, control, misogyny, sexual gratification or an obsession with extreme or violent material’

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